I. nounUsage: often attributiveEtymology: Middle English, from Old English snāw; akin to Old High German snēo snow, Latin niv-, nix, Greek nipha (accusative)Date: before 12th century1.a. precipitation in the form of small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air at a temperature of less than 32°F (0°C)
b.(1) a descent or shower of snow crystals
(2) a mass of fallen snow crystals
2. something resembling snow: as
a. a dessert made of stiffly beaten whites of eggs, sugar, and fruit pulp <

apple snow

>b. a usually white crystalline substance that condenses from a fluid phase as snow does <

ammonia snow

>c.slang(1)cocaine(2)heroind. small transient light or dark spots on a television screen
• snowlessadjectiveII. verbDate: 14th centuryintransitive verb
to fall in or as snow
transitive verb1. to cause to fall like or as snow
2.a. to cover, shut in, or imprison with or as if with snow
b. to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly
3. to whiten like snow

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Snow — Snow, v. t. To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow. Donne. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

snow — ► NOUN 1) atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer. 2) (snows) falls of snow. 3) a mass of flickering white spots on a television or radar screen, caused by… … English terms dictionary

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Snow — Snow, n. [LG. snaue, or D. snaauw, from LG. snau a snout, a beak.] (Naut.) A square rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English